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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">We are looking for some guidance in installing an upgraded<br>
Python on our cluster. Our cluster was installed with Rocks 6.0,<br>
is running CentOs 6.2, and has python-2.6.6, gcc-4.4.6. We<br>
would like to install an upgraded version of Python along with<br>
the following modules<br>
<br>
NumPy<br>
Scipy (which will require a compatible version of the Atlas libraries)<br>
Mayavi (which will require a compatible version of vtk)<br>
<br>
We were wondering if anyone has experience in installing these<br>
packages, what are the best combinations of compatible versions,<br>
what other upgrades will be needed (e.g. will we need to<br>
upgrade the gnu compilers to install the latest versions) and<br>
where these should be installed (local disks, /share/apps, other?).<br>
<br>
A little more background, our students are currently working<br>
with a local installation using<br>
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Python-2.7.1<br>
numpy-1.5.1<br>
scipy-0.9.0b1<br>
Mayavi-3.4.0<br>
ATLAS-3.8.3<br>
vtk-5.4<br>
<br>
We would like to install these packages in a more<br>
appropriate, cluster-wide area and upgrade these<br>
packages as appropriate. We are also aware of a<br>
Rocks python roll which contains python-2.7.2 and<br>
an upspecified version of NumPy (is it possible to<br>
find out which version, before installing the roll?).<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
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Pat Haley Email: phaley@mit.edu<br>
Center for Ocean Engineering Phone: (617) 253-6824<br>
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Fax: (617) 253-8125<br>
MIT, Room 5-213 http://web.mit.edu/phaley/www/<br>
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